pwd questions and problems

Earnie Boyd earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Wed Jul 26 07:30:00 GMT 2000


--- Noel L Yap <yap_noel@jpmorgan.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can get 'pwd' to output the current working directory
> without regard to mounts?  For example, I have M: mounted to /view.  When I'm
> in
> //m and I do a 'pwd', I get /view when I really want //m.
> 
> Also, I've noticed that PWD isn't set under 'sh'.
> 

"Use the source, Luke" (TM).  You are experiencing the expected behaviour.  If
you want something different you will need to modify Cygwin, modify pwd, or
write your own version of pwd.

Regards,

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